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Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (ChemE) news

Professor Frank Gu.

Research to improve eye disease treatments wins 2023 NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Professor Frank Gu (ChemE), a member of the winning team, is engineering nanomedicines to delay or prevent irreversible blindness caused by glaucoma


The Self-Driving Lab for Human Organ Mimicry will use organoids and organs-on-chips – a well plate is pictured here – to allow researchers to move potential therapeutics to human clinical trials more rapidly. (Photo by Rick Lu)

U of T ‘self-driving lab’ to focus on next-gen human tissue models

The Self-Driving Laboratory for Human Organ Mimicry is one of six self-driving labs launched by the Acceleration Consortium to drive research across a range of fields

Dean Christopher Yip outside the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Christopher Yip reappointed Dean of U of T Engineering

Dean Yip’s second term will be from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029

Professor Mohamad Moosavi stands in front of blackboard with a notebook in one hand, chalk in the other hand. A formula is written on the board in chalk.

U of T Engineering professor incorporating AI to help decarbonize chemical industries

Joint EMHSeed and XSeed Funding Program to support research on expanding database of metal-organic frameworks for AI analysis

Professor Enid Montague stands in front of a mosaic artwork.

New human-centred automation tools could ease stress on overburdened health-care systems

Professor Enid Montague’s project is one of seven from U of T Engineering to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME)

Molly Shoichet joins PRiME as new Scientific Director for Precision Medicine Initiative

The Institutional Strategic Initiative brings together multi-disciplinary research talent and innovators to tackle unmet needs in drug discovery, diagnostics, and disease biology

Clockwise from top left: Professors Cindy Rottmann and Emily Moore (both ISTEP, ChemE), Andrea Chan (ISTEP), Emily Macdonald-Roach (ChemE 2T2, ChemE MASc candidate in EngEd), Dimpho Radebe (IndE 1T4 + PEY, ChemE PhD candidate in EngEd) and Professor Emeritus Doug Reeve (ChemE). (Photos: submitted)

ISTEP/Troost ILead team gains international recognition for engineering leadership research

Professor Cindy Rottmann (ISTEP) speaks about the award-winning research on engineering education, ethics and leadership being conducted at ISTEP

A headshot of Professor Milica Radisic

Professor Milica Radisic awarded international Humboldt Research prize

Radisic (BME, ChemE) is a leading expert in organ-on-a-chip technology

Claire Kennedy, who is on the right, exits U of T's Simcoe Hall on her way to receive her honorary degree. To her left is U of T President Meric Gertler.

ChemE alumna and Defy Gravity co-chair Claire Kennedy receives U of T honorary degree

Claire Kennedy receives a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from U of T in recognition for her professional achievements and outstanding service to U of T as an advocate and volunteer